Penholder



(No Model.)

G. MGELWAIN.

PENHOLDER No. 492,555. Patented F6528, 1893.

WJZWESSES Nrrn STATES "ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MCELWAIBLOF ENGLEWOOD, ILLINOIS.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,555, dated February28, 1893.

Application filed September 21, 1892. Serial No. 446,455. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MCELWAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Englewood, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in pen holders; and it consistsin the novel construction and arrangement of the sa1ne,where by theholder is kept clean and the persons hand prevented from being soiled byink from the pen all as will be hereinafter fully eX- plained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- Figure l, represents an enlarged, verticalsectional view of my improved pen holder. Fig. 2, is a side view of thesame and Fig. 3, is a cross sectional View of the same taken on line x,Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View of my device in modified form.

Referring by letters to the accompanying drawings A designates the penholder, consisting of two parts a, b, of which ct is the stem and b asleeve therefor. This stem a is provided with an annular groove c and areduced portion d, at the upper and lower portions thereof are shoulderse, e', which engage a stop or pinf inserted in the sleeve as shown inthe annexed drawings. I/Vithin this annular groove isa packing gpreferably of rubber and is designed to prevent ink from working its waybetween the stem and sleeve and out toward a persons hand.

It will be seen by reference to the annexed drawings and abovedescription that a pen can be readily inserted or removed from theholder, simply by the person forcing the sleeveback upon the stem; thepin fengaging the shoulders and limiting the movement of said sleeve atthe same time when it is desired to clean the interior of the holder,the pin is withdrawn and the sleeve can be separated from the stem.

In Fig. 4, of the drawingsI show my device in modified form, the sameinstead of having a rubber packing and groove, the stem ot is providedwith a shoulder h which is beveled rearwardly and when the stem is inits normal position, said shoulder' engages, snugly a beveled shoulder'ion the interior of the sleeve, thus forming a tight joint between stemand sleeve, thus preventing ink from passing rearwardly and between saidsleeve and stem.

A pen holder as herein described is simple in operation, durable and atthe same time cheap to manufacture.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. In a penholder of the character described, the stem having the annular grooveand a packing in said groove substantially as described.

2. In a pen holder of the character described, the stem having thegroove, a packing in said groove and a pin inserted crosswise thesleeve, forming a stop and adapted to play between the shoulders of thestem substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaffixvmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MOELVVAIN.

'Witnessesz FRED W. HILL, G. A. BOGART.

